Laughter is the Best Medicine
[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: Top; “’I have social anxiety. Sometimes I worry about [normal thing]!’” Bottom; “Oh you are so funny I could punch you.”] I hate it when people, especially here on tumblr, take a completely normal worry and play it off like “look I’m so unique and special, I have social anxiety and am so awkward.”They don’t know how crippling anxiety can be, and wouldn’t be attributing these little things to it if they knew how hard it actually is.

[Image: 6-piece blue colored background with a Siamese cat.Text reads: Top; “’I have social anxiety. Sometimes I worry about [normal thing]!’” Bottom; “Oh you are so funny I could punch you.”]

I hate it when people, especially here on tumblr, take a completely normal worry and play it off like “look I’m so unique and special, I have social anxiety and am so awkward.”
They don’t know how crippling anxiety can be, and wouldn’t be attributing these little things to it if they knew how hard it actually is.

Posted 1 year ago
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    It took me 2 hours to make a phone call because I freeze up while on the phone. A lot of the time I have to have someone...
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    and that “sometimes” bullshit.
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    I hate this! I don’t have any kind of diagnosed anxiety disorders, but I am constantly anxious etc etc, and it really...
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    Urgh I agree! I can’t eat, sleep, go out, work, or even leave my room without my medication. Even when I do I need to be...
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    Yeah no,I agree with Op. -.- If one more hipster claims to have social anxiety I will punch them in the face.
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    I don’t brag about anxiety. I fucking sucks, actually. You get nervous and anxious about little things, yes, but in a...
  25. kyrianne reblogged this from chronicillnesscat and added:
    I have less social anxiety than sensory-related anxiety, but I can still relate.
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    i definitely dont have it bad as others do, i’ve learned to be half decent at small talk (its still awkward though), and...
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